Beata - great article! I love road-trip stories, especially when the journey through a city or country includes a look at coffee culture. Thanks for including the history behind the cafes and cities... nice work!

In Warszawskie Stare Miasto there is a kawiarnia called "Pozegnanie z Afrike" or "Out of Africa".

The decor is fabulous, they even had a replica of the Hungarian single boiler 1960ies machine that almost amputated my aunt's finger when it exploded d/t to OP valve failure (but hey, in commie times a lot of things did that) , along with a lot of coffee memorabilia.

They sell "roasted" coffee, likely a few weeks old, as the Tschibo brand you buy at Geant makes a better crema on a Philips machine.

The "espresso" is also blonde and lacking in crema, but it has caffeine in it :)

Sorry, really, one has to go to Napoli and a few other places around EU to savor coffee.

If you are home roasting and HX agnostic, that may be the best coffee you had.

Love Poland, very nice people, had a great time. The deserts are fabulous and no severely obese Wal-Mart fatties around either :)

I lived in Krakow for almost 5 years. I roast my own coffee and have an imported Innova grinder. I have to say that the coffee scene is growing. Someone mentioned a cafe called Out of Africa- the reason the creme lacked was that they don't use freshly grounded coffee. Besides that its a sweet little cafe. There is a place on Bradzska street that has awesome lattes but I forgot the name. Also, you can go to a roaster on Karmalicka street 17 or 19. Its nice to hear about Krakow :) Awesome article!

I visited Warsaw and Krakow this past September. Stumbling on "Pozegnanie z Afrike" in Krakow (then in Warsaw) was a happy surprise! Great atmosphere and after running out of the coffee I brought, I was happy to have a good pot!

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